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William Blake  (1757–1827)  wikidata:Q41513 s:en:Author:William Blake q:en:William Blake
 
William Blake
Alternative names
W. Blake; Uil'iam Bleik; Blake
Description English-British painter, poet, theologian, collector, printmaker and illustrator
Date of birth/death 28 November 1757 Edit this at Wikidata 12 August 1827 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London London
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London; Felpham Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q41513
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object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
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English: The Body of Abel Found by Adam and Eve by William Blake c1826 Tate Artwork details

Artist William Blake (1757‑1827)

Title The Body of Abel Found by Adam and Eve

Datec.1826

MediumInk, tempera and gold on mahogany

Dimensionssupport: 325 x 433 mm frame: 367 x 473 x 44 mm

Collection Tate

AcquisitionBequeathed by W. Graham Robertson 1949

Reference N05888

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This work shows Adam and Eve discovering their dead son. His brother Cain, the murderer, flees the scene. Despite his evil deed, Cain, appears as an ideal male figure. Here, Blake’s approach is in line with that of Lavater, who argued that someone’s appearance is often ‘better than his actions’. However Lavater also suggested that in performing an evil act the person could become disfigured, perhaps explaining Cain’s contorted body.

Rather than follow Lavater here, Blake’s use of the body to invoke self-loathing, fear and, in the case of Eve, despair may be closer to pathognomy - a way of reading emotions about which Lavater remained sceptical.
Date 3 August 2013, 07:51:57
Source/Photographer http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/blake-the-body-of-abel-found-by-adam-and-eve-n05888

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